TUTORIALS• CM Focus – Sylenth1: Sound design power guide for this top synth• Dark Ambience: Make an after-hours ambient anthem with our start-to-finish track-building guide• Instant Replay: Alleviate sample copyright headaches by recreating the material yourself• MIDI by Numbers: Harness the MIDI-bending power of your DAW's logical editor• Recreation Therapy: Recreate the classic organ sound from Kylie's Can't Get You Out Of My Head

INTERVIEWS• Sascha Dikiciyan: The man behind the music of multiple world-beating videogames talks about how he provides the soundtrack to games such as Mass Effect 3• Ace Ventura: What are the psytrance scientist's five fave bits of software?• Hal Ritson: The boss of Replay Heaven speaks to CM as part of our Instant Replay feature• AudioRealism: Exclusive behind-the-scenes chat with Mike Janney of the famous X0X-box-emulating company